Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Marriage life

since i have been in the US,i have noticed that marriage in the us and in my country have some differences.
If we take `marriage`,the laws are the same in each country .In the US people respect the law but In Africa,it`s not the same,people don`t respect the law.
the law says that each spouse has some obligations.
In the US,a husband will never kick his children and wife out,even if he doesn`t want to live with them anymore.In the US,the law protects the women, if there is any problem or a separation between the spouse,the husband leave the house.In Africa , it`s not the same because there,the wife and the children have to go out,the husband simply kicks them out.
In Africa women don`t have any rights,this fact has become cultural over the years.
I think that husbands in the US are more responsibles ,hard workers and may be more loving.In Africa,many men don`t work so the wives have to do everything by themselves even for the children but the husbands too and his family,other wise his family will find another wifefor who will take care of all of them.
Men in Africa are not strong enough to resist their extended family.Their weakness is their extended family.
In the US,your family is your wife and your children and you have all the privacy and intimacy that you need in your life.In Africa , everybody has his nose in your marriage,the mother in law drops by all the time,the sister or brother in law are always in your house ,they want to know everything and you don`t have any private life.
In Africa,you feel like everybody is spying on you,you don`t feel free in your own house.In the US,people don`t act like that,they can`t drop by before they call you even if it`s the husband`s or wife`s family.In the US,a husband can`t leave his family without any support may be because of the law but it doesn`t matter.In Africa,men leave their family with out nothing.
For me,the best marriage life is in the US but i am noticing that in Africa too things are changingwith the new generation.Some people have a good married life.

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